The Iconoclast
We Have a Winner!
And guess what, Keith Simmonds, our most dedicated crossword solver has done it again. There’s a new book on offer this month, so sharpen your wits and keep playing. Our […]
A Musical Interlude: Don’t Tell Him What Happened To Me (Boswell Sisters)
Listen here.
People Helping People
A not-exactly-random act of kindness. Here. And Floyd Mayweather’s vie en rose here.
Yakub Halabi, Israeli Arab, On Israel’s Right And Duty To Set Up A Security Zone
That security zone would be in southern Syria, and maintained by the Israeli military for the sake of the Druze, the Christians, and other minorities persecuted and killed by Muslims. […]
Ann Corcoran is Right: Refugees are Costing Taxpayers a Bundle
Don Barnett writes a Refugee Resettlement Watch: This is regarding the Times news report “Fact-checking refugee resettlement activist,” published April 24. Stating that Lutheran Social Services “receives $850 per arrival” […]
Arabs from Saudi Arabia to Iraq Voice Support for Israel
Ari Soffer revealed something surprising: unlike their elders, young Arabs are increasingly abandoning the paradigm of Israel as the root of all evil. The Arab Youth Survey showed that faith […]
Man in court over threat to behead Ukip candidate
From the Northern Echo A MAN has appeared in court charged with threatening to behead a Ukip election candidate for Newcastle East. Aftab Ahmed, 45, is accused of making the […]
‘Islamist attack’ thwarted in Germany
From Deutsche Welle and the
George Soros: Egomaniac, Salon Bolshevik, And Enemy Of The Open Society
Here. A successful financier, that is adept at seeing how to make money, George Soros has also been adept, perhaps even more adept, at finding ways to avoid paying taxes. […]
What’s Behind Iran’s Piracy in the Persian Gulf over an Unresolved Cargo Claim?
Source: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard s Corps (IRGC) naval patrol boats fired warning shots across the bow of the Maersk Tigris container vessel, […]
Neither Memories Nor Magic by Miklós Radnóti
Translated from the Hungarian & Edited by Thomas Ország-Land (May 2015) 1. BEFORE THE STORM You sit upon the peak and on your knees asleep that youthful woman ripened for […]
Mama
by George Bailin (May 2015) How, without a single sound, did suddenly descend on mama’s brow. more>>>
Out on the Hill
by P. David Hornik (May 2015) He lived on the hillside with no mother and no warmth except the scrub in which he huddled when it rained. more>>>
Evening, Winter
by Bibhu Padhi (May 2015) Between day and night the sky is softening. The earth is softening too, as if a river of dusky, translucent water had washed it […]
At Coole Park
by William Ruleman (May 2015) (14 May 2013) Rain kept its distance while We hiked the Seven Woods’ trail, Pondering, with a smile, more>>>
I Am Trudy Besser
by David P. Gontar (May 2015) “I am Trudy Besser. Identify yourself.” “711419543-120.” “Formerly?” “Benjamin Grant.” more>>>
